Musk Lauds China’s AI Prowess While Warning of Tech’s Dangers

  • Billionaire headlined a state-backed conference in Shanghai
  • Musk repeated views on humanity’s future in a keynote speech

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Tesla Inc. chief executive Elon Musk reaffirmed his vision of a robot-fueled future, calling for more regulatory oversight of artificial intelligence at a high-profile Chinese government-backed conference Thursday.

The billionaire entrepreneur and Twitter-owner, who has warned in the past that AI development was proceeding too swiftly, lauded China’s advances in the field while repeating promises to share Tesla’s self-driving discoveries with rivals.